Price tag



Nov. 22, 1932. I F; w. LAENCHER arm. 1,383,598

' PRICE TAG Filed Jan. 50. 1929 p New York Patented Nov. 22, 1932 untrue stares FREDERICK w. nennonnn, F nmvrrrunsr, NEW YORK, ,Ann' 3110015 I. Gn EnEn, or

NORRISTOVTN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR-S CORPORATION rnIcErAG 1 Application filed January 30, 1929 Serial No j336,o3o

of tickets, sometimes partially severed, which said tickets are adapted to be run through printing machines supplied to the reta1l merchant in order that the desired data as to price. etc, may be printed upon the individual tickets by the merchant prior to attachment to the goods. Such printing machines usually include cutting mechanism for severing the individual tags of the strip;

Much difficulty has been experienced in the past in running string tickets through such printing machines because of the fact that the strings were usually threaded loosely through an aperture in the ticket and hung at random, so that as the gang strip was fed through the printing machine, the strings frequently caught on the corners or other projecting parts of the machine and prevented proper feeding. Also, because of the apertures in the tickets, the available surface for printing was restricted.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket in which the string, instead of being threaded loosely through an aperture is held relatively tightly in such manner that.

the string assumes a' definite position with respect to the ticket, which position is such that interference with projecting parts of the prir lting machine is substantially eliminated.

It is a further object of the invention to avoid apertures or holes in the tickets in order that the printing surface of the ticket may remain intact for the reception of printing.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention selected for purposes of illustration is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l'is a plan view of a gang tag strip.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a severed string, and

. retailers'printing machine. T 1 Referring to the drawing, and particularly ticketpshowing the normal position ofthe Figure 3 is a plan viewof a. single ticket,

after the printing has been applied by the to Figure. 1, wherein is illustrated a gang strip such as is ordinarily supplieduby' 'the manufacturer to the retail merchant, it will be observed that the strip comprises a'pluralityfof individual ticketsl of. paper or thin cardboard which inlthe formillustrated may be provided with rounded corners 2 which serve to partially separate the individual tickets and which also may serve as abut-. ments for engagement by suitable feeding means comprising part of the printing machine with which the tickets are adapted to cooperate.

Each ticket is provided with a slit 3, preferably in the form of a V-shaped notchand To NATIONAL TAG MAnuracrpBrNe" the strings 4 are threaded through the said slits and are preferably held at the apex of the notch; As will be observed, the slit is a mere knife cut, and accordingly holds the string which is threaded therethrough with considerable firmness, so that when the ticket is held horizontally the string assumes a definite position, curving gradually downwardly as illustrated in Figure 2, in which positionthere is only slight opportunity for it to engage parts of the printing machine.

It will also be observed that-since the slit is a mere knife cut the entire front face of the ticket forms a. substantially unbroken printing surface. This is of considerable advantages, for the tickets are frequently small in size and it is sometimes difiicult to mally abutting edges thereof, the said slits being uniformly shaped and arranged in all of the tags of the strip.

2. A gang strip of price tags, each tag having a substantially unbroken printing surface and being provided with a notch entirely within the marginal edges ofsaid tag, 7

and a string threaded through said notch and frictionally held between the normally abutting edges thereof, the said slitsbeing uniformly shaped and arranged in all of the tags of the strip.

3. 1X gang strip of price tags, each tag being provided with a V-shaped knife cut notch entirely within the marginal edgesof said tag, and a string threaded through the said notch and held between the normally abutting edges thereof.

4. A price tag having a knife cut notch formed therein entirely within the marginal edges of said tag, and a string threadedthrough said notch and frictionallyheld at the apex thereof.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our :names to'this specification this 25th day of January, 1929.

FREDERICK w. LAENGHER. JACOB F. GRAEBER.

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